Being asked to stay on when everyone’s gone home early (UK)
So I’ve been at my store for just over two years now and I know every station and im apparently the next in line for a promotion to crew trainer and im always on time and clean.
Anyways the managers have gotten into this weird habit and I don’t know if it’s because im great at my job and they’re watching me for a promotion or because they genuinely want to punish me.
They’ll offer early days to everyone on the shop floor and send people home extra early but then they’ll practically beg me to stay an extra hour or half an hour. On Friday we had a rgrv and I got out 10 minutes late but they sent some new guy home half an hour early. On Saturday I was meant to finish at 11 and asked if I could go and the closing manager said no because we are understaffed, after countless arguing I agreed to stay on because she’s the type to write me up if I didn’t, however before this the 3-11 manager sent like 4 people home early.
Same thing happened yesterday. I was on a half 3 until half 10 shift and they asked early on if I could stay on and I said I’ll see (idk how to drive yet so rely on buses that are every half an hour and come at very specific times). Some guy who was meant to finish at half 8 went home at 19:50, some girl who was meant to finish at 11 went home at like 19:40, the 3-11 manager went home at half 8 and another manager who was on a 2-10 when home at 20:50.
Over these past 3 days I didn’t get offered an early day once, only after about 3-5 people went home earlier I got spoken to by a manager and it was to see if I could stay on to cover everyone who went home early.
Another issue is that im only getting 2 shifts a week despite being on a flexible contract and having a VERY open availability but when im on shift im always late out.
Are they keeping me on to punish me or are they keeping me on because they know I can compensate for the ones who went home and im flexible enough to do multiple stations at once? Is this a sign of me being a great and reliable employee or is it the managers using me because im 19 and on a pt contract so im cheap labour?
Would love for any managers or scheduling managers or similar to weigh in too!
TLDR; managers are sending people home like 4-6 hours early then begging me to stay on when it’s late and I have to catch a very specific bus at an ultra specific time and I don’t get it.